While this issue of ARTnews focuses on today’s prominent art collectors, the urge to amass objects—both valuable and not—is nearly as old as mankind. The ancient Greeks and Romans collected, as Erin Thompson writes in her recently published book Possession: … Read More

The 22nd edition of the Armory Show opens to the public on Thursday, March 3, with a preview day on Wednesday, March 2. This year’s fair is the first edition with Artnet News editor Ben Genocchio at the helm, replacing Noah Horowitz, who left to be … Read More

The 28th edition of The Art Show, which is organized annually by the Art Dealers Association of America, opens to the public Wednesday, March 2, with previews on Tuesday, March 1, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. The … Read More

MONDAY, JULY 20Performance: Gerard & Kelly at the Guggenheim Museum Originally presented at New York’s The Kitchen in 2014, the museum recently acquired artist duo Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly’s performance Timelining, which features pairs of people involved in close relationships—romantic, … Read More

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.Today’s show: “Candida Höfer: From Düsseldorf” is on view at Sean Kelly until June 20, and is the photographer’s first show at the gallery. The images from this exhibition were all taken … Read More

What has sold at Frieze New York? Below, some numbers. Special thanks to the press representatives who conscientiously supplied 100% of this information via email. (Hence the variation in pronoun, format, and supplementary detail.)Skarstedt Gallery Cady Noland, Untitled (Walker), 1989, sold for $1,500,000 Richard Prince, Untitled … Read More

Art Basel Miami Beach 2014 is almost here, and our preview of works that will be on offer is nearly done. This is the penultimate edition, offering new and recent work by William Kentridge, George Condo, and Damien Hirst, along … Read More